Written Question·Treasury·UIN 105814

Child Benefit

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of Child Benefit claims that were suspended by HM Revenue and Customs on the basis of suspected emigration and were subsequently found to be compliant; what assessment she ha

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC’s Chief Executive wrote to the Treasury Select Committee on 14 November 2025 about this matter including the corrective action that HMRC has taken and its approach to redress. This letter was subsequently published by the Committee on 18 November 202...

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